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ARTH 383: Modern Architecture, Fall 2020 (Prof. Bauer): Reference Sources

Reference sources at UNC

Oxford Art Online
Provides a single portal for searching across several major art encyclopedias and dictionaries, including Grove Art Online, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Entries include bibliographies for further research, images, and often examples of artists' signatures.
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A Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford University Press, 2015. (E-book)
Biographical and subject entries on architects, styles, and terms. Includes an option to search within the dictionary.
African American Architects: a Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945 (E-book)
A-Z entries on African-American architects. Includes images and an appendix of buildings, listed by geographic location and architect

Open access encyclopedias and directories

SAH Archipedia
An open access encyclopedia of the U.S. built environment created by the Society of Architectural Historians and UVA Press and based on the Buildings of the United States series of books. Includes thematic essays,histories, photographs, and maps.
Built Works Registry
A growing registry of architectural works and the built environment, developed by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Artstor, and the Getty Research Institute. Search the registry by architect or work of architecture.
Great Buildings
A database compiled by editors of ArchitectureWeek, cross-linked with other architecture sites and Wikipedia. Search by architect or building.
archINFORM
A database of international architecture. Search by architect or project.
The Directory of African American Architects
A growing alphabetical directory of African American architects licensed in the U.S., sponsored by the Center for the Study of Practice at U. Cincinnati. See additional links on the Publications and Bibliography pages.
Pioneering Women of American Architecture
A collection of profiles of 50 women, born before 1940, who contributed to the history of American architecture. Project of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, edited by Mary McLeod and Victoria Rosner.